6 October to 12 December

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Employment law; Immigration law6, 24 October: Coursesorganised by Two Garden Court Chambers and the Community Legal Service, to be held at the Golden Lion Hotel, 2 Lower Briggate, Leeds.

Employment law will be held on 6 October and immigration law on 24 October.

Each course runs from 9.30am to 5pm, costs from 35.25 to 70.40, and carries 7 CPD hours.

Contact Andrew Eaton, tel: 020 7415 6366.

Annual monitoring officer conference; Education school transport issues; Local authority prosecutions; Prosecutions stage 27, 8, 10, 14 October: Coursesorganised by the Local Government Group.

Monitoring conference will be held on 7 October at the Local Government Association, Local Government House, Smith Square, London SW1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 195 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours, Education will be held on 8 October at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 149 plus VAT.

4.5 CPD hours.

Local authority prosecutions will be held on 10 October at West Yorkshire Joint SVCS, Nepshaw Lane South, Morley, Leeds, from 10am to 5pm.

Cost: 169 plus VAT.

5.5 CPD hours.

Prosecutions stage 2 will be held on 14 October at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 149 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

Legal and cultural myths about France7 October: Conferenceorganised by the Franco British Lawyers Society, to be held at the l'Institut Franais, Cromwell Road, London SW7, from 6pm to 8pm.

A panel of lawyers, judges and journalists will answer questions.

Free admission.

1.5 CPD hours.

Contact Florence Altman, tel: 020 7222 3860.

Risk management - managing the life cycle of a file; Modernising stamp duty - are you prepared for the changes?; Marketing and client loyalty14, 16, 23 October: Coursesorganised by the Greater London Regional Office of the Law Society.

Risk management will be held on 14 October at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 2pm to 5pm.

Cost: 50 plus VAT.

3 CPD hours.

Modernising stamp duty will be held on 16 October at Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon, from 4.30pm to 7pm.

Cost: 50 plus VAT.

2.5 CPD hours.

Marketing will be held on 23 October at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 4pm to 7pm.

Cost: 90 plus VAT.

3 CPD hours.

Mercy Cefaz on 020 7316 5554.

Does your investment process stand up to scrutiny?; Working in a solicitors' firm: ethics, professional conduct and accounts15 October, 5 November: Coursesorganised by the Association of Solicitor Investment Managers, to be held at the London Chamber of Commerce, 33 Queen Street, London EC4.

Investment process will be held on 15 October, from 9.15am to 4.45pm.

6 CPD hours.

Working in a solicitors' firm will be held on 5 November from 9.45am to 4.30pm.

5 CPD hours.

Each course costs 195 to 295 plus VAT.

Contact Elaine Reilly, tel: 01892 870065.

Law costs; Limitation; Practitioners' workshop17 October, 7 November, 12 December: Coursesorganised by the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers.

Law Costs will be held from 9.30am to 12.30pm, and Limitation from 2pm to 5pm, both on 17 October at Stewarts, 63 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2.

Each session costs 195 and carries 3 CPD hours.

Practitioners' workshop will be held on 7 November at Pannone & Partners, 123 Deansgate, Manchester, and on 12 December at Stewarts, address as above, both from 9am to 5pm.

Each session costs 390 and carries 6 CPD hours.

Contact Amanda Hill, tel: 01923 286 888 (Tuesdays & Thursdays).

Judicial review; Rent arrears and housing benefit21, 28 October: Coursesorganised by the Legal Action Group, to be held at 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

Judicial review will be held on 21 October; Rent arrears and housing benefit will be held on 28 October.

Each course runs from 9.30am to 5.15pm, costs 259 plus VAT, and carries 6 CPD hours.

Contact Kate Silverman, tel: 020 7833 7434.

LMS/Lexcel Quality Forum 2003 27 November: Conference and exhibitionorganised by the Law Management Section and the Lexcel office of the Law Society, to be held at the Thistle Tower Hotel, St Katharines Way, London E1, from 9am to 5.30pm.

Cost: 120 to 295 plus VAT (discounts available).

5.5 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Clinical negligence; Liability in PI cases; Stress cases; Conditional fee agreements; Capacity; Structured settlements; Quantum in fatal accident cases6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16 October: Seminarsorganised by Cloisters Chambers, to be held at the Commonwealth Club, 18 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London WC2.

Clinical negligence will be held on 6 October; Liability in PI cases will be held on 7 October; Stress cases will be held on 8 October; Conditional fee agreements and Capacity will both be held on 9 October; Structured settlements will be held on 15 October; Quantum in fatal accident cases will be held on 16 October.

Free admission to all seminars.

Each seminar runs from 6pm to 7.30pm and carries 1.5 CPD hours.

Contact Gerald Newman, tel: 020 7827 4050.

Send entries to: Diary Section, Law Society's Gazette, Newspaper House, 8-16 Great New Street, London EC4A 3BN.

Fax: 020 7831 0869.

E-mail: diary@lawsociety.org.ukInclude telephone number, venue, cost and any CPD accreditation